Octreotide : Before Using - Sandostatin, Sandostatin LAR Depot

Octreotide - Systemic

Brand Names

Sandostatin, Sandostatin LAR Depot Octreotide *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects *** Additional Information

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the problems of uses this drugs must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For octreotide, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to octreotide. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Studies have not been done. However, studies in rats and rabbits have not shown that octreotide causes birth defects or other problems, even when given in doses much larger than the human dose.

Breast-feeding problem

It is not known whether octreotide passes into breast milk. Although most medication pass into breast milk in small amounts, many of them may be using safely while breast-feeding. Mothers who are taking this drug and who wish to breast-feed must discuss this with their family doctor.

Use for Children

The short-acting form of this drug has been tested in a limited number of children as young as 1 month of age and has not been shown to cause various side effects or problems than it does in adults.

Studies on the long-acting form of this drug have been done only in adult diseaseds and there is no special info comparing its use in children with use in other age groups.

Elderly care

This drug has been using in people up to 83 years of age and has not been shown to cause various side effects or problems in elderly people than it does in adults people.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking octreotide, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Antidiabetic agents, sulfonylurea - diabetes drug you take by mouth
Diazoxide - Proglycem
Glucagon
Insulin Octreotide may cause high or low blood sugar; your family doctor may need to change the dose of your diabetes drug

Growth hormone Octreotide may cause high or low blood sugar; your family doctor may need to change the dose of this drug

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of octreotide. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Diabetes mellitus - sugar diabetes Octreotide may cause high or low blood sugar; your family doctor may need to change the dose of your diabetes drug

Gallbladder disease or gallstones - or history of This drug may increase the risk of having gallstones

Kidney disease - severe If you have this condition, octreotide may remain in the body longer than normal; your family doctor may need to change the dose of your drug